Shepherd Caster Corp. is manufacturer and distributor of caster wheels to the healthcare, office furniture and retail fixture industries. The company recently acquired Faultless Caster and has moved to marketing the products online which, when combined with lean manufacturing techniques, allows the company to produce extremely small runs of as few as 10 or as many as 100,000 parts and remain profitable. Shepherd employs 75 people and is a Colson Associates company, producing products under the Jarvis, Albion, Shepherd, Bassick and Faultless brands.
Hamilton Caster is a leading manufacturer of industrial casters, wheels, floor trucks, and trailers. Founded in 1907, Hamilton has a long standing reputation for product quality, excellent service, and custom engineered equipment. Visit us at www.hamiltoncaster.com
GASTONIA, N.C. - (Business Wire) RWM Casters, a leader in industrial caster and wheel manufacturing since 1935 and the original inventor of the Kingpinless™ Caster, has named Steve Marinos as its new Regional Sales Manager. Steve enables RWM to expand its exposure in the North American industrial caster market and further strengthens its ability to meet the needs of its customers. “Steve’s comprehensive understanding of the industrial caster and wheel manufacturing industry will greatly benefit RWM Casters, its sales network, and its clients,” said Peter Comeau, RWM Casters CEO. “We welcome Steve to the RWM family,” he added.
The new owners, Brad Weber, Wade Fletcher and Brian Glynn, have taken over the dealership from Kirk Topel, its previous owner and founder. Topel still owns Hal's Harley-Davidson in New Berlin. Weber was an executive at Mercury Marine Inc., in Fond du Lac, and most recently was director of field service development and operations for the outboard engine manufacturer. Fletcher and Glynn were E.R. Wagner Corp. executives. Glynn was the company's chief financial officer and Fletcher was president of the company's wheels and casters division. Fletcher, Glynn and Weber have rode together for many years.
Schioppa North America (SNA) fills in, where others have discontinued items in their standard product lines. Most caster manufacture’s no longer offer a 3 x 1-1/4” polyurethane wheel, with a heavy duty iron core. While most offer only a polypropylene or equal core, SNA continues to manufacture one of the widest selections of wheel core choice’s, with polypropylene, nylon, and Iron. The 12 series supplied with the 90-905A polyurethane and Iron core, offers a durable and heavy duty answer to all of your low over all height applications, requiring a “bit extra”. Whether your application be a shop cart, a moving dolly, a retail display, a material handling cart, SNA offers “the compete caster and wheel line”, SNA should be your first source!
We’ve improved our 2 Series side lock brake with you, our customer, in mind to include
even more strength and durability than before.
Why’s the new and improved design even better?
• Improved design offers more consistency between sizes
o Same brake pedal for all sizes
o Same solid axle, nut and washer for all sizes
• More robust brake lever insures maximum gripping power on wheel
o Larger contour brake pad means more contact surface to wheel
o Beefier brake lever gives less deflection while engaged
• Case hardened components insure maximum strength
As current stock of “old style” 2 Series Side Lock Brakes are depleted, the new brake design will ship.
Contact your regional sales manager or customer service representative today for more
information and to place your order!
Not much lasts these days. Your friends move. Your favorite restaurant closes up shop. Your favorite show gets cancelled. And companies go bust.
Casters, on the other hand, endure. That’s right. I’m talking about those wheels on the bottoms of everything from the portable files underneath my desk to the toolbox in the garage to the hand trucks, dollies, and portable conveyors in the warehouse. If it moves, it probably has a caster or wheel, says Don Laux, who is president and general manager of Colson Caster. With headquarters in Jonesboro, Ark., Colson makes 35,000 different kinds of casters, wheels and rubber bumpers. What’s more, the company is about to celebrate it’s 125th anniversary, including 50 years in Jonesboro.
Caster Connection closed the Chardon & Michigan locations & moving everything to Columbus OH. 10% pay cuts for entire staff as well as stripped down benefits. Fact or Fiction? Discuss amongst yourselves
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Schioppa North America (SNA) fills in, where others have discontinued items in their standard product lines. Most caster manufacture’s no longer offer a 3 x 1-1/4” polyurethane wheel, with a heavy duty iron core. While most offer only a polypropylene or equal core, SNA continues to manufacture one of the widest selections of wheel core choice’s, with polypropylene, nylon, and Iron. The 12 series supplied with the 90-905A polyurethane and Iron core, offers a durable and heavy duty answer to all of your low over all height applications, requiring a “bit extra”. Whether your application be a shop cart, a moving dolly, a retail display, a material handling cart, SNA offers “the compete caster and wheel line”, SNA should be your first source!
